WORKS IN FRENCH, OR TRANSLATED INTO FRENCH

Le Coran, traduction de Savary.—Le Coran, traduction de Kasimirski.—Le Coran, analysé par J. La Baume.—Le Coran, sa poésie, ses lois, par Stanley Lane Pole.—L'Esprit libéral du Coran, par Benâttar, El Hadi Sebâï et Abdelâziz Ettsalbi.—Encyclopédie de l'Islam, dirigée par le Professeur Houtsma.—Les Traditions islamiques d'El Bokhari, traduction de Houdas.—L'Islam, par le Comte Henry de Castries.—L'Islamisme, par Houdas.—"Oumm el Quora", (la mère des Cités) de El Kaouakibi, compte-rendu littéral, d'après la version d'Omar Bouderba, par Christian Cherfils (en préparation).—L'Islamisme au point de vue social, textes d'Auguste Comte, publiés par Christian Cherfils.—Bonaparte et l'Islam, par Christian Cherfils.—Vie de Mahomet, par J. Gagnier.—Essai sur l'histoire des Arabes, par Caussin de Perceval.—Histoire des Arabes, de Sédillot.—Histoire des Arabes, de Huart.—"La Civilisation des Arabes", par le Dr. Gustave Le Bon.—Essai sur l'histoire de l'Islamisme, par Dozy.—Histoire des Musulmans d'Espagne, par Dozy.—Le présent de l'homme lettre, pour réfuter les partisans de la Croix, par Abd Allah Le Drogman.—De l'état présent et de l'avenir de l'Islam, par E. Montet.—Les Héros (Mahomet, le héros comme Prophète), par Carlyle.—Averrhoës et l'Averrhoïsme, par E. Renan.—Les Musulmans français de l'Afrique du Nord, par Ismaïl Hamet.—Les vieux Arabes, par P. Radiot.—Voyage en Arabie, par Hubert.—Mon voyage à la Mecque, par G. Courtellement.—"Mohammed et la fin du Monde", par P. Casanova.—L'enseignement de l'Arabe au Collège de France, par P. Casanova.—Revue du Monde Musulman, dirigée par A. Le Chatelier.—"L'Orient vu de l'Occident", par E. Dinet et Sliman ben Ibrahim.

TRANSLATION OF THE ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY

TITLE PAGE[opening:] There is no God but Allah, and Mohammad is the Prophet of Allah.
CHAPTER THE FIRST[opening:] In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
[closing:] Then when ye have ended the prayer, make mention of Allah, standing, and sitting, and reclining. (The Qur'an, iv, 104.)
CHAPTER THE SECOND[opening:] Have We not opened thy breast for thee? * And taken off from thee thy burden? (The Qur'an, xciv, 1-2.)
[closing:] And provide for your journey; but the best provision is the fear of Allah. (The Qur'an, ii, 193.)
CHAPTER THE THIRD[opening:] Verily, we have caused It (the Qur'an) to descend on the night of Power. (The Qur'an, xcvii, 1.)
[closing:] O thou enwrapped in thy mantle! * Arise and warn! * And thy Lord—magnify Him! (The Qur'an, lxxiv, 1-3.)
CHAPTER THE FOURTH[opening:] Ye shall assuredly be tried in your possessions and in yourselves. (The Qur'an, iii, 183.)
[closing:] And before them have We set a barrier and behind them a barrier, and We have shrouded them in a veil, so that they shall not see. (The Qur'an, xxxvi, 8.)
CHAPTER THE FIFTH[opening:] And fight for the cause of Allah against those who fight against you. (The Qur'an, ii, 186.)
[closing:] Believers! when ye confront a troop, stand firm and make frequent mention of the name of Allah; haply it shall fare well with you. (The Qur'an, viii, 47.)
CHAPTER THE SIXTH[opening:] And be not faint-hearted, and be not sorrowful; For ye shall gain the upper hand if ye be believers. (The Qur'an, iii, 133.)
[closing:] Nay rather Allah is your liege lord, and He is the best of helpers. (The Qur'an, iii, 143.)
CHAPTER THE SEVENTH[opening:] Verily, We have won for thee an undoubted victory. (The Qur'an, xlviii, 1.)
[closing:] Now hath Allah helped you in many battle-fields, and, on the day of Hunain, when ye prided yourselves on your numbers; but it availed you nothing. (The Qur'an, ix, 25.)
CHAPTER THE EIGHTH[opening:] Accomplish the Pilgrimage and the Visitation of the Holy Places in honour of Allah. (The Qur'an, ii, 192.)
[closing:] Say: Go through the earth, and see how He hath brought forth created beings. (The Qur'an, xxix, 19.)
CHAPTER THE NINTH[opening:] Thou truly art mortal, O Mohammad, and they truly are mortals. (The Qur'an, xxxix, 31.)
[closing:] Mohammad is no more than an apostle; other apostles have already passed away before him; if then he die, or be slain, will ye turn upon your heels? (The Qur'an, iii, 138.)
THE PROPHET'S PORTRAIT[opening:] O my supreme Master, lavish thy Blessings and thy Favours for ever and ever on Thy Friend (Mohammad), the best of all created beings. (Al-Bourdate. Poem by the Shaykh Al-Busiri, in honour of the Prophet.)
[closing:] There is no God but Allah, and Mohammad is the Prophet of Allah.
CHAPTER THE TENTH[opening:] Say: O my people! Act as ye best can: I verily will act my part, and hereafter shall ye know! (The Qur'an, vi, 135.)
[closing:] Allah will perhaps establish goodwill between yourselves and those of them with whom ye are at enmity, and Allah is Powerful: and Allah is Gracious, Merciful. (The Qur'an, lx, 7.)
[FINAL ENGRAVING]One's pen should be ennobled; that is, by treating of worthy matters.
[COVER]Upon him, Mohammad, Salvation
BACK PAGEMohammad's Seal. [Transcriber's note: seal not found.]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[FRONTISPIECE.]—Ornamental page

[CHAPTER THE FIRST.]—Ornamental page
[Praying round the Sacred Temple] of the Ka'bah of Makkah